Cougar Cheese

For Christmas my folks, knowing our love of cheese, ordered a round of Cougar Cheese – American Cheddar. If left in the can it will continue to age, which was tempting, but we finally gave in and opened the can. [thumb:481:l] [thumb:483:l][newline] McCoy is also fond of cheese and was on hand for the opening. […]

Lunch

Today my Mom and Grandma dropped in for lunch. They were on their way down from Whidbey Island to my Aunt Andie’s house in Salem, Oregon. They were getting here around noon so I planned a lunch of Shrimp Quiche and Blueberry Coffee Cake for the three of us. The coffee cake is one I’ve […]

Santa Cupcakes

Today is the feast day for Saint Nicholas, aka Santa Claus. To celebrate I made Santa Cupcakes. [thumb:472:l][newline] They turned out cute and yummy, though Ryan did not like the red hot nose. Wish I could have got a photo of when he bit into the red hot, probably should have warned him. Lol! Cake […]

Cran-Apple Tea Ring

Yesterday I tried out a new recipe for a Cran-Apple Tea Ring (Light & Tasty Oct/Nov 2005 Update: Now called Healthy Cooking). First you made the sweet yeast dough. Once it has risen you roll it out and spread the dried cranberry and apple filling over the dough (I substituted almonds for the walnuts the […]

It’s that time again

Today is the start of National Novel Writing Month. For the participants of Nanowrimo the goal is to write a 175-page (50,000-word) novel by midnight, November 30. This will be the 4th year Ryan has participated. You can read about his Nanowrimo experience here and track this year’s progress here. To help get the month […]

Last Few Days

It has been hot and sunny the last few days. It was perfect weather for using the solar ovens. Clear and sunny with long days. We used both ovens. The first thing out of the ovens was chili. When that came out dinner went into the oven. It was a slow-cooker recipe with chicken and […]

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